Early baseball in Washington, DC/Club 2

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Location	Washington, D.C.
Year	1859
City	Washington
State	DC
Country	US
Nickname	Potomac Club
Found by	Larry McCray

"In the fall of 1859, two separate groups of government workers met in Washington and formed the area's first base baseball clubs, the Potomac and the Nationals."

Brian McKenna, "Arthur Gorman," Baseball Biography Project.